Cockos reaper is free and doesnt have limited functions, most plugins also works for reaper.

Cubase LE(i believe this is the lite version?) is also free?(kung ito nga yung iniisip ko) pero has basic functions of recording only. Which for someone who is just starting, its not really a big deal.

I'd go for reaper since im a reaper user since day 1 and doon nako natutuo

if you're a keyboardist into serious midi sequencing, hands down, cubase is the obvious choice because of the various midi functions it offers. reaper has jscripts ata pero bitin pa rin last time i checked.

if you're a keyboardist into serious midi sequencing, hands down, cubase is the obvious choice because of the various midi functions it offers. reaper has jscripts ata pero bitin pa rin last time i checked.

There's a trick to getting discounted 'full version': Yamaha (and other) soundcards come with the basic (AI), yet special version of cubase. Source the disc image for this on the internet. It's around somewhere, i remember being able to download it. You can upgrade that to a higher version at a tiny fraction of the cost.